GREAT PRETENDER (Ire) bay horse - 1m 65 - 1999 Breeder : Kilfrush Stud Ltd Won
198 240 euros
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RACE RECORD
At 2
Prix Joyeux Drille (Maisons-Laffitte - 8 f), 2nd Prix de Vitupère (Maisons-Laffitte), 5th Prix de Canouvert (Chantilly)At 3
Prix Policeman (L. - Cagnes-sur-Mer - 10,5 f), 2nd Prix Noailles (Gr.2 - Longchamp), 3rd Prix de Vichy (Cagnes-sur-Mer), 4th Prix du Jockey-Club (Gr.1 - Chantilly), La Force (Gr.3 - Chantilly), 5th Prix Maurice Caillault (L. - Saint-Cloud), Renoir (Cagnes-sur-Mer)
At 4
Prix Guy du Faur de Pibrac (Clairefontaine - 11 f), 4th Prix Foy (Gr.2 - Longchamp), 5th Grand Prix de Deauville (Gr.2 - Deauville)
At 5
Prix Achille-Fould (L. - Auteuil - hurdles - 18 f), Marittimo (Auteuil - hurdles - 18 f), his only two races over hurdles
PRODUCE RECORD
Black type Performers
GRAND D'AUTEUIL - Prix Renaud du Vivier (Gr.1), Alain et Gilles de Goulaine (L.), 2nd Prix Hypothèse (Gr.3), 3rd Prix Le Gualès de Mézaubran (L.)
PTIT ZIG - Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil (Gr.1), Prix Renaud du Vivier (Gr.1), Noël Novices' Chase (Gr.2 - Ascot), Dipper Novices' Chase (Gr.2 - Cheltenham), Irish Whiskey Chase (Gr.2 - Down Royal), Select Hurdle (L. - Sandown), 2nd Prix Alain du Breil (Gr.1), Champion Hurdle Trial (Gr.2 - Haydock), Stella Artois 1965 Chase (Gr.2 - Ascot), Cleeve Hurdle (Gr.2 - Cheltenham), Select Hurdle (Gr.2 - Sandown), Ladbroke Handicap Hurdle (Gr.3 - Ascot), 3rd Grand Prix d'Automne (Gr.1), Peterborough Chase (Gr.2 - Taunton), Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Gr.3 - Cheltenham), 4th Aintree Hurdle (Gr.1), Long Walk Hurdle (Gr.1), Prix La Barka (Gr.2), 5th Golden Miller Novices' Chase (Gr.1 - Cheltenham)
GREAT FIELD - Ryanair Novice Chase (Gr.1 - Punchestown), Webster Cup Chase (Gr.2 - Navan), Pierce Molony Memorial Novice Chase (L. - Thurles), 4th BoyleSports Champion Chase (Gr.1 - Punchestown)
BENIE DES DIEUX - David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle (Gr.1 - Cheltenham), Annie Power Mares Champion Hurdle (Gr.1 - Punchestown - twice), Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil (Gr.1), Galmoy Hurdle (Gr.2 - Gowran Park), Houghton Mares' Chase (L. - Carlisle), 2nd David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle (Gr.1 - Cheltenham), 3rd Prix André Michel (L.)
DORTMUND PARK - Champion Novice Hurdle (Gr.1 - Punchestown), 4th Nathaniel Lacy & Partners Solicitors Novice Hurdle (Gr.1 - Leopardstown), 5th Lismullen Hurdle (Gr.2 - Navan)
GREANETEEN - Celebration Chase (Gr.1 - Sandown - twice 2021, 2022), Tingle Creek Chase (Gr.1 - Sandown), Haldon Gold Cup (Gr.2 - Exeter - twice 2020, 2022), 2nd Tingle Creek Chase (Gr.1 - Sandown - twice 2020, 2022), Desert Orchid Chase (Gr.2 - Kempton), 3rd Queen Mother Champion Chase (Gr.1 - Cheltenham), Game Spirit Chase (Gr.2 - Newbury - twice 2021, 2023), 4th Queen Mother Champion Chase (Gr.1 - Cheltenham), Haldon Gold Cup (Gr.2 - Exeter), Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Challenge Cup Handicap Chase (Gr.3 - Cheltenham), 5th Ladbrokes Dublin Chase (Gr.1 - Leopardstown)
LOSSIEMOUTH - Triumph Hurdle (Gr.1 - Cheltenham), Champion 4yo Hurdle (Gr.1 - Punchestown), David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle (Gr.1 - Cheltenham), Mares Champion Hurdle (Gr.1 - Punchestown), Hatton's Grace Hurdle (Gr.1 - Fairyhouse), Knight Frank Juvenile Hurdle (Gr.2 - Leopardstown), International Hurdle (Gr.2 - Cheltenham), Juvenile Hurdle (Gr.3 - Fairyhouse), 2nd Spring Juvenile Hurdle (Gr.1 - Leopardstown)
MR MOLE - Game Spirit Chase (Gr.2 - Newbury), 2nd Swinton Hurdle (Gr.3 - Haydock Park), 3rd A. P. McCoy Celebration Chase (Gr.1 - Sandown), Noël Novices' Chase (Gr.2), 5th Tingle Creek Chase (Gr.1), Cheltenham Chase (Gr.2)
A MI MANERA - Grand Steeple-Chase de Compiègne (Gr.2), Prix André Michel (Gr.3), Roger Saint (L.), du Cher (L.), 2nd Grand Steeple-Chase de Compiègne (Gr.2), Prix de la Gascogne (Gr.3), Léopold d'Orsetti - Grande Course de Haies de Compiègne (Gr.3), de la Gascogne (L.), Jim Crow (L.), 3rd Prix Dominique Sartini (L.), 4th Prix Bournosienne (Gr.3)
CRACKING SMART - Boyne Hurdle (Gr.2 - Navan), Novice Hurdle (L. - Cork), 2nd Lawlor's of Naas Novice Hurdle (Gr.1 - Naas), Navan Novice Hurdle (Gr.2 - Navan), 3rd Boyne Hurdle (Gr.2 - Navan), 4th Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle (Gr.3 - Cheltenham), 5th Hatton's Grace Hurdle (Gr.1 - Fairyhouse)
GRANGEE - Irish EBF Mares I.N.H. Flat Race (Gr.2 - Leopardstown), Irish EBF Mares Flat Race (Gr.3 - Punchestown), 3rd Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle (Gr.2 - Cheltenham), Alan Swinbank Mares' Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race (L. - Market Rasen), 4th Future Champions Novice Hurdle (Gr.1 - Leopardstown)
PLUMEUR - Grande Course de Haies de Printemps (Gr.3), 2nd Prix Prédicateur (L.), Rose Or No (L.), Hubert d'Aillières (L.), 3rd Prix Hubert d'Aillières (L.), Max de Ginestet - Grande Course de Haies de Pau (L.), 4th Prix Hubert d'Aillières (L.), Jean Granel (L.), 5th Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil (Gr.1), Prix Léon Rambaud (Gr.2), Hubert d'Aillières (L.)
ANGELA DU BERLAIS - Prix Magne (Gr.3), 2nd Prix Sagan (Gr.3), Hopper (Gr.3), de Maisons-Laffitte (Gr.3), 3rd Prix Bournosienne (Gr.2), de Chambly (Gr.3), d'Iéna (L.), Bernard Secly (L.), 4th Prix André Michel (Gr.3)
BLACKFIELD - Prix Montgomery (Gr.3)
IN LOVE - Grand Prix de Pau (Gr.3), 3rd Prix Maurice Gillois (Gr.1), Ingré (Gr.3), 4th Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris (Gr.1), Prix La Haye Jousselin (Gr.1), Robert de Clermont-Tonnerre (Gr.3), 5th Prix Ferdinand Dufaure (Gr.1), Morgex (Gr.3), Bayonnet (L.)
PRINCE PRETENDER - Prix Finot (L.), 4th Prix Cambacérès (Gr.1), Prince d'Ecouen (L.), 5th Prix Georges de Talhouët-Roy (Gr.2), Général de Saint-Didier (Gr.3)
TRUE LOVE MAIL - Prix Christian de Tredern (L.)
SAUBABER - Prix Alain et Gilles de Goulaine (L.)
AZZA - Prix Finot (L. - fillies), Juvenile Hurdle (L. - Wetherby), 3rd Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle (Gr.2 - Cheltenham)
PRAVALAGUNA - Opera Hat Mares Chase (L. - Naas), 2nd John & Chich Fowler Memorial EBF Mares Chase (Gr.3 - Fairyhouse), 3rd Prix d'Arles (L.), 4th Mares Novice Hurdle (Gr.3 - Fairyhouse), Quevega Mares Hurdle (L. - Punchestown)
BEAUTE PROMISE - Prix Rose Or No (L.), 2nd Prix Prédicateur (L.), 3rd Prix Calabrais (L.), 4th Prix Prince d'Ecouen (L.), 5th Prix Camille Duboscq (L.), Spumate (L.), de Beaune (L.)
AMAZING COMEDY - Anjou-Loire Challenge (L. - Le Lion-d'Angers - twice), 5th Prix Christian de l'Hermite (L. - Cagnes-sur-Mer), Anjou-Loire Challenge (L. - Le Lion-d'Angers), Grand Steeple-Chase Cross-Country de Compiègne (L. - Compiègne)
CAP SOLEIL - Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race (L. - Cheltenham), Mares' Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race (L. - Sandown), Abram Mares' Hurdle (L. - Haydock), 2nd Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle (Gr.2 - Cheltenham), Mares' Novices' Hurdle (L. - Newbury), 5th Mares' Hurdle (L. - Warwick)
AL ROC - Prix Saint-Sauveur (L. - Auteuil), 2nd Prix des Drags (Gr.2), Saint-Sauveur (L.), 3rd Prix Saint-Sauveur (L.), 5th Prix Jim Crow (L.)
WEST END GIRL - Prix Pelat (L. - Auteuil), 2nd Prix Alain du Breil (Gr.1), Amadou (Gr.2)
NIKO HAS - Prix Triquerville (L. - Auteuil), William Head (L. - Auteuil), 2nd Prix Bayonnet (L.), 4th Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris (Gr.1), Prix Héros XII (Gr.3)
MORGAN HAS - Prix Antoine de Palaminy (L. - Pau), 5th Prix Duc d'Anjou (Gr.3)
BENOU - Prix Rigoletto (L.), 3rd Prix Général de Saint-Didier (Gr.3), 4th Prix Violon II (L.), 5th Prix Montgomery (Gr.3), Fondeur (Gr.3), Bayonnet (L.)
LA DELIRANTE - Prix Bernard Secly (L.), 2nd Prix Pelat (L.)Elite de Prétot - 2nd Prix de Craon (Gr.1 - AQPS - flat race - Longchamp)
Cobra de Mai - 2nd Future Champion Novices' Chase (Gr.2 - Ayr), 4th Oaksey Chase (Gr.2 - Sandown)
Cherie d'Am - 2nd Jane Seymour Mares' Novices' Hurdle (Gr.2 - Sandown), 3rd Sefton Novices' Hurdle (Gr.1 - Aintree)
Bubble Sea - 2nd Prix Glorieuse (Gr.2 - AQPS - flat race), Chloris (Gr.2 - AQPS - flat race), 3rd Prix de Craon (Gr.1 - AQPS - flat race)
Greatta - 2nd Prix Sytaj (Gr.3)
Tarago - 2nd Prix Fifrelet (L.)
Ma Prétention - 2nd Prix de Chambly (L.), 5th Prix Magne (L.)
Usual Time - 2nd Prix Antoine de Palaminy (L. - st. - Pau), 3rd Prix Duc d'Anjou (Gr.3)
Gasti Greti - 2nd Grand Steeple-Chase du Conseil Départemental de la Mayenne (L.)
Got Glory - 2nd Mares Novice Hurdle (L. - Punchestown)
Elvis Mail - 3rd Kelso Novices' Hurdle (Gr.2 - Kelso), 4th Hillhouse Quarry Handicap Chase (L. - Ayr)
Gust Of Wind - 3rd Juvenile Hurdle (Gr.2 - Fairyhouse), 4th Triumph Hurdle (Gr.1 - Cheltenham), 5th Spring Juvenile Hurdle (Gr.1 - Leopardstown)
Hacker des Places - 3rd Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (Gr.3 - Sandown)
Surinfil - 3rd Prix Aguado (Gr.3), Go Ahead (L.), Guillaume de Pracomtal (L.), 4th Prix Gérald de Rochefort (L.), 5th Prix Stanley (L.)
Colline Magique - 3rd Prix Wild Monarch (L. - fillies), Sagan (L.)
Jarrouse - 3rd Prix Mélanos (L.), 5th Prix de Maisons-Laffitte (Gr.3)
Great Alana - 3rd Prix Spumate (L.), 4th Prix André Masséna - Grande Course de Haies des 4 Ans (L.- Cagnes-sur-Mer)
Allez Dance - 3rd Close Brothers Mares Novice Hurdle (L. - Punchestown)
Kantagua du Large - 3rd Prix Antoine de Palaminy (L. - Pau)
Pépite de Belle - 4th Lyons of Limerick Novice Hurdle (Gr.2 - Limerick), 5th Apple's Jade Mares Novice Hurdle (L. - Navan)
Etoile du Berlais - 4th Prix Magne (Gr.3), 5th Prix de Chambly (Gr.3)
Judicieuse Allen - 4th Mares Novice Hurdle (Gr.3 - Limerick), 5th Solerina Mares Novice Hurdle (Gr.3 - Fairyhouse)
Epoustouflaunt - 4th Prix Claude Gindre - Grand Steeple-Chase de Lyon (L.)
Derby Dété - 4th Grand Steeple-Chase du Conseil Départemental de la Mayenne (L.)
Great du Large - 4th Grand Steeple-Chase-Cross-Country de Compiègne (L.)
Claimantakinforgan - 5th Supreme Novices' Hurdle (Gr.1 - Cheltenham)
Jackpot de Choisel - 5th Johnstown Novice Hurdle (Gr.2 - Naas)
Ikero Blue - 5th Prix de l'Union des AQPS du Centre-Est (Gr.3 - AQPS - flat race - Vichy)
Danseur Jaguen - 5th Prix Roger Saint (L.)
Great Parade - 5th Prix du Comté de Nice (L. - st. - Cagnes-sur-Mer)
King To Be - 5th Prix Antoine de Palaminy (L. - st. - Pau)
PEDIGREE
KING'S
THEATRE |
SADLER'S WELLS |
Northern Dancer |
Nearctic (Nearco - Lady Angela) |
Natalma (Native Dancer - Almahmoud) | |||
Fairy Bridge |
Bold Reason (Hail To Reason - Lalun) | ||
Special (Forli - Thong) | |||
REGAL BEAUTY |
Princely Native |
Raise A Native (Native Dancer - Raise You) | |
Charlo (Francis S - Neutron) | |||
Dennis Belle |
Crafty Admiral (Fighting Fox - Admiral's Lady) | ||
Evasion (Spy Song - Alnaire) | |||
SETTLER |
DARSHAAN |
Shirley Heights |
Mill Reef (Never Bend - Milan Mill) |
Hardiemma (Hardicanute - Grand Cross) | |||
Delsy |
Abdos (Arbar - Pretty Lady) | ||
Kelty (Venture VII - Marilla) | |||
ABORIGINE |
Riverman |
Never Bend (Nasrullah - Lalun) | |
River Lady (Prince John - Nile Lily) | |||
Prima |
Alcide (Alycidon - Chenille) | ||
Primula III (Nearula - Priceless) |
By KING'S THEATRE (Ire), 19 races, 5 wins, placed 8 times at 2 and 3, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth St. (Gr.1), Racing Post Trophy (Gr.1), Craven St. (Gr.3), 2nd Derby St. (Gr.1), Irish Derby (Gr.1), 3rd Juddmonte International St. (Gr.1), 4th Dante St. (Gr.3), £ 753 694. | |
At stud since 1997. Particularly
Sire of Absolut Taft, Alinga, Ange Gardien, Cue
Card, GREAT
PRETENDER,
Highway, I Rock My World, Kimola, King's Drama,
King's Ironbridge, Le King, Live Theatre, Messager
du Roi, Plinsky, Red Rioja, Rhythm Mad, Royal
Code, Sagarmartha, Young Mick |
1st
dam SETTLER, 6 wins in flat and jumping races, 109 610 euros. Dam of 3 winners : |
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GREAT
PRETENDER
- Ange Gardien (King's Theatre), 2 wins, 2nd Prix de l'Avre (L.), 5th Prix du Jockey-Club (Gr.1), Prix de Condé (Gr.3), 79 460 euros. - Domremy (Soviet Star), unraced. Brood mare in Ireland. - WINTER DREAM (Act One), 7 wins in France, Prix de Reux (L.) at Deauville (10), d'Auxerre, Général de Saint-Didier (10) at Saint-Cloud, Europe 1, du Débarcadère (12) at Longchamp, Grand Prix du Département du Rhône at Lyon-Parilly (10), 2nd Prix du Cadran (Gr.1) at Longchamp (10), 5th Prix de Barbeville (Gr.3) at Longchamp - Set Et Match (Barathea), placed in France. Brood mare. - King's Merging (King's Theatre - 2007) |
2nd
dam ABORIGINE, 3 wins, Grand Prix de Clairefontaine (L.), 3rd Prix de Pomone (Gr.2), Grosser Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft (Gr.2), 4th Prix Vanteaux (Gr.3), Minerve (Gr.3), Corrida (Gr.3), 72 226 euros. Dam of 6 foals, 6 winners : |
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SONGLINES (High Top), 4 wins, Prix Niel (Gr.2), du Lys (Gr.3),
de l'Avre (L.), 3rd Prix Maurice de Nieuil (Gr.2), 137 815
euros. Sire in Spain. - DAME KIRI (Old Vic), 4 wins, Prix des Tourelles (L.), 2nd Prix de Royallieu (Gr.2), 4th Prix Minerve (Gr.3), 103 958 euros. Dam of a winner. - Fresher (Fabulous Dancer), 3 wins, 2nd Prix d'Astarté (Gr.2), 3rd Prix Chloé (Gr.3), $ 77 954. Dam of : |
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Zuleika Dobson, 1 win, 3rd Prix Chloé (Gr.3), EBF Conqueror
St. (L.), £ 17 743. Dam of a winner. - Fantastic Santanyl, 1 win in Italy, 2nd Prix Mélisande (L.). Brood mare. |
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ABORIGINAL (Kalaglow), 4 wins in France, 34 910 euros. - EMBERS (Fabulous Dancer), 3 wins, 21 769 euros. Dam of a winner. |
3rd
dam Prima, 1 win, 2nd Pretty Polly St. (L.), 4th Ribblesdale St. (Gr.2). Dam of 6 winners : |
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KING JAY (King Emperor), 13 wins, Premio Natale di Roma (Gr.3),
Sirmione (L.), 2nd Premio Besnate (Gr.2 - 3 times), Melton
(Gr.3), Umbria (Gr.3), Bereguardo (L.), del Giubileo
(L.), Mincio (L.), Tor di Valle (L.), 3rd Premio Chiusura
(Gr.2 - 3 times), Ribot (Gr.2), £ 93 509. - MY ROYAL PRIMA (Captain's Gig), 5 wins, Premio Umbria (Gr.3), Rumon (L.), 2nd Premio Natale di Roma (Gr.3), del Dado (L.), 3rd Premio Tevere (Gr.2), £ 20 432. Sire in Australia. - ABORIGINE - see above. - Laska Floko (Thatch), 5 wins, 3rd Bessborough Hdp. (L.), 4th William Hill Futurity St. (Gr.1), £ 25 244. Sire in South Africa. - PARIMA (Pardao), 1 win in Norway. Dam of 5 winners : |
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- TRUCIDATOR, 4 wins, Cecil Frail Hdp. (L.), 2nd Dee St. (Gr.3), £ 32 292. | ||
- Travel (Saritamer). Dam of 4 winners : | ||
- Miss
Think, 6 wins, 2nd Prix Comte Roger du Monceau de Bergendal (L.) - TRAVEL BUFF, 1 win in the USA. Particularly dam of Trust In Me, 4 wins in Chili, 2nd Premio Alfredo LS Jackson (Gr.3). |
4th
dam PRIMULA III, 6 wins, Premio Federico Tesio (Gr.2), Besnate (Gr.3), 2nd Premio Chiusura (Gr.2), Pisa (Gr.3). Dam of 5 winners : |
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- CAPRERA (Abernant), 2 wins, Falmouth St. (L.), 2nd Blue Seal St. (L.), 4th 1 000 Guineas St. (Gr.1). Dam of 7 winners : | ||||
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ROMILDO, 4 wins, Prix Ganay (Gr.1), du Prince d'Orange (Gr.3),
La Coupe (Gr.3), 2nd Prix Ganay (Gr.1), J. de Chaudenay (Gr.2).
Sire. - PEVERO, 4 wins, Prix de Condé (Gr.3), Foy (Gr.3), 3rd Prix Ganay (Gr.1), du Prince d'Orange (Gr.3), Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte (Gr.3). Sire. - STARINA, 2 wins, Prix Finlande (L.). Dam of a winner : |
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- Kahara, 1 win, 2nd Prix de Bagatelle (L.). Dam of 6 winners : | ||||
- SILVESTRO, 12 wins, Stockholm Cup (L.), Dansk Eclipse St. (L.). | ||||
- VIRGINIA REEF, 2 wins, $ 19 440. Dam of 8 winners : | ||||
- GOLDEN REEF, Schuylerville St. (Gr.2), 2nd Matron St. (Gr.1). | ||||
- Maresca, placed in France. Dam of 8 winners : | ||||
- MUROTO, 3 wins, Prix Gontaut-Biron (Gr.3), de Turenne (L.). Sire. | ||||
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SARACENO (Exar), 3 wins, Feversham St. (L.), 3rd Grosser Preis
von Baden (Gr.1), 4th Dewhurst St. (Gr.1). Sire in
New Zealand. - FANGO (High Hat), 3 wins, Grand Handicap de la Manche (L.). - Valdora (High Hat), unraced. Dam of 5 winners : |
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- LADY SEGRAVE, 3 wins, Mulcahy St. (Gr.3). Dam of 7 winners. | ||||
GREAT PRETENDER